Black prince
Rohana parisatis
The black prince is a butterfly from tropical Asia. The male is deep velvety black with one tiny snow-white spot on each front wing. The female looks completely different: she is yellowish brown with darker markings.
Lives in
Tropical Asia, including India and Sri Lanka
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a gentle butterfly.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat the leaves of hackberry trees.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Black prince about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The edges of the male's wings have a fringe of tiny hairs that are black and white, like a striped border.
2
Underneath, the male is dark purplish brown with lilac edges around its markings.
3
In southern India and Sri Lanka the male has three tiny white dots near the wing tip, and the female has five.
you asked
Most asked questions about Black prince
?Why is it called the black prince?
Because the male is velvety black, which makes him look very grand.
?What does the black prince caterpillar eat?
The leaves of hackberry trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Rohana parisatis
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Rohana parisatis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vinayaraj. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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